Dragon C108

Short description: Uncrewed cargo spacecraft built by SpaceX

Dragon C108

C108 in flight in July 2019, during CRS-18.

Type| Cargo space capsule
Class| SpaceX Dragon
Manufacturer| SpaceX
Technical details
Dimensions| 6.1 m × 3.7 m (20 ft × 12 ft)
Dry mass| 4,201 kilograms (9,262 lb)
Power| Solar arrays
Flight history
First flight| SpaceX CRS-6
4 April – 21 May 2015
Last flight| SpaceX CRS-18
25 July 2019 – 27 August 2019
Flights| 3
Fate| Retired

SpaceX Dragon C108 is a Cargo Dragon space capsule built by SpaceX. It is the first Dragon capsule to be flown three times, having its third launch in 2019. C108 was first used on CRS-6, and then used again for the CRS-13 and CRS-18 missions. It was the first capsule to be used a third flight, marking a milestone in SpaceX's drive to reduce space launch costs through reusing hardware.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Flights
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

C108 was built as the eighth production Dragon capsule.[1] This new Dragon was launched on the CRS-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It splashed down on May 21, 2015 and was successfully retrieved. To prepare for its second flight, it had its heatshield replaced while the hull, avionics, and Draco thrusters were refurbished.[2] The refurbished Dragon was relaunched in December 15, 2017 for the CRS-13 mission. Following an almost month-long stay, C108 landed on January 13, 2018.[3] After undergoing another refurbishment, C108 was launched again in July 2019 for the CRS-18 mission. It landed for the final time on August 27, 2019 and was retired.[4]

## Flights

C108 flights  Flight #  |  | Mission  | Launch date (UTC)  | Landing date (UTC)  | Liftoff  | Notes  |

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1  |  | NASA CRS-6 | 14 April 2015,

20:10:41

| 21 May 2015,

16:42

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2  |  | NASA CRS-13 | 15 December 2017, 15:36:09  | 13 January 2018, 15:37  |  |  | [7][8]
3  |  | NASA CRS-18 | 25 July 2019,

22:01

| 27 August 2019, 20:20  |  | First third flight of a Dragon Capsule[9] | [9][10]

## References

1. ↑ "Dragon C2, CRS-1,... CRS-20 (SpX 1,... 20)". https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dragon.htm.
2. ↑ Clark, Stephen. "Test-firing at repaired launch pad clears way for SpaceX cargo flight next week – Spaceflight Now" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/06/test-firing-at-repaired-launch-pad-clears-way-for-spacex-cargo-flight-next-week/.
3. ↑ Clark, Stephen. "Commercial cargo craft splashes down in Pacific Ocean after station resupply run – Spaceflight Now" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/13/commercial-cargo-craft-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-after-station-resupply-run/.
4. ↑ "CRS-18 Dragon completes mission with Pacific Ocean Splashdown" (in en-US). 2019-08-27. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/08/crs-18-iss-pacific-ocean-splashdown/.
5. ↑ "SpaceX CRS-6" (in en-US). https://www.issnationallab.org/launches/spacex-crs-6/.
6. ↑ Bergin, Chris (2015-05-21). "SpaceX Dragon completes CRS-6 mission with splashdown" (in en-US). https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/05/crs-6-dragon-departs-iss-homecoming/.
7. ↑ Clark, Stephen. "SpaceX's 50th Falcon rocket launch kicks off station resupply mission" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/15/spacexs-50th-falcon-rocket-launch-kicks-off-station-resupply-mission/.
8. ↑ Clark, Stephen. "Commercial cargo craft splashes down in Pacific Ocean after station resupply run" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/13/commercial-cargo-craft-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-after-station-resupply-run/.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Clark, Stephen. "New docking port, spacesuit and supplies en route to space station" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/07/25/new-docking-port-spacesuit-and-supplies-en-route-to-space-station/.
10. ↑ Bergin, Chris (2019-08-27). "CRS-18 Dragon completes mission with Pacific Ocean Splashdown" (in en-US). https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/08/crs-18-iss-pacific-ocean-splashdown/.

## External links

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Dragon / Dragon 2 spaceflights

Past missions|

* Demo Flight 1 (Dec 2010)
* Demo Flight 2 (May 2012)
* CRS-1 (Oct 2012)
* CRS-2 (Mar 2013)
* CRS-3 (Apr 2014)
* CRS-4 (Sep 2014; on C106)
* CRS-5 (Jan 2015)
* CRS-6 (Apr 2015)
* CRS-7† (Jun 2015)
* CRS-8 (Apr 2016)
* CRS-9 (Jul 2016)
* CRS-10 (Feb 2017)
* CRS-11 (Jun 2017; on C106)
* CRS-12 (Aug 2017)
* CRS-13 (Dec 2017)
* CRS-14 (Apr 2018)
* CRS-15 (Jun 2018)
* CRS-16 (Dec 2018)
* Crew Dragon Demo-1 (Mar 2019)
* CRS-17 (May 2019)
* CRS-18 (Jul 2019)
* CRS-19 (Dec 2019)

Future missions|

* Crew Dragon Demo-2 (Q1 2020)
* CRS-20 (Mar 2020)
* USCV-1 (May 2020)

See also|

* Falcon 9
* launches
* Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
* Commercial Resupply Services
* Uncrewed spaceflights to the ISS

* Signs † indicate launch failures.

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Reusable launch systems

Partially reusable

| Active|

* Falcon 9 (first stage)
* Falcon Heavy (core stages)

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In development|

* CALLISTO
* Electron (first stage)
* Miura 5 (first stage)
* New Glenn (first stage)
* RLV-TD
* Vulcan (engines)
* WIRES*

Retired|

* Buran
* Space Shuttle

Canceled|

* Adeline engine pack for Ariane 6
* Ares I
* Ares V
* Baikal booster for Angara
* Falcon 1e
* Falcon 5
* HOPE-X
* Hopper / Phoenix
* Liquid Fly-back Booster
* MAKS
* Reusable Booster System
* Saturn-Shuttle

Completely reusable

| Active|

* New Shepard*
* SpaceShipTwo*

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In development|

* Starship
* Skylon

Retired|

* SpaceShipOne*
* X-15*

Canceled|

* Avatar
* Energia II (Uragan)
* DC-X
* Goodyear Meteor Junior
* HOTOL
* K-1
* Lynx*
* Mustard
* Roton
* Sea Dragon
* SOAR
* SpaceShipThree*
* VentureStar
* X-30 NASP*
* X-33*

* * indicates suborbital launch systems

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